Shrinking of Ice... - Le recul de la glace...

As we mentioned in our report and in previous blogs, it is the general consensus in the eastern part of Greenland that we surveyed that the yearly melting of floating ice is happening sooner (approx. one month) and stronger than years ago. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the source of observations reported in the New York Times today: “The cause is probably a mix of natural fluctuations, like unusually sunny conditions in June and July, and long-term warming from heat-trapping greenhouse gases and sooty particles accumulating in the air”. “The melting rate during June and July this year was simply incredible,” “And then you’ve got this exposed black ocean soaking up sunlight and you wonder what, if anything, could cause it to reverse course.”